Errors

Troubleshooting

Error context is readily available.
In many cases a human-friendly
explanation is also included.

Error navigation

Hover mouse over an error line
and the app will show a pair of
arrows for quickly scrolling
through all errors in the log.

Little big details

Re-sorting backups

Just click and drag backups
to re-order.

Little shuffling animation of
background tiles is included.

Tray icons

Bvckup is idle

Tray icons

Backing up...

Tray icons

Needs your attention

Software updates

When looking for an update, Bvckup
doesn't just check if a new version is
available.

It also looks at what has changed
compared to your version and how
critical the update is for your case.

Software updates

Changes are always displayed relative
to your version and grouped based
on their type.

Software updates

In addition to automatic checks,
the app can also be set to remind
you to check for updates, manually.

This grants you full control over app's Internet
activity while ensuring that you still keep an eye
on the updates.

Delta copying

A couple of words on a feature that is as simple in idea as it is huge in impact.

When updating an existing backup copy of a file, Bvckup 2 detects and skips over
unmodified parts, copying just the actual changes.
Disk writes are expensive and being selective with copying quickly pays off when
working with large files that slowly change between the backups.

Here it is in action copying a 10 GB virtual disk of a just rebooted Windows XP
virtual machine -

Modified blocksProgress so far

Copied 19 MB out of 10 GB or just 0.2% and completed
in less than 4 minutes vs 19 minutes needed for the full copy.

Here is another example of updating a 256 GB TrueCrypt volume with work files
and about a day's worth of changes -
Copied 1.8 GB out of 256 GB or just 0.7% and completed
in about 53 minutes vs the 4 hours that would've needed for the full copy.

Give it a try and see for yourself the difference delta copying makes.

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On stability and robustness

Needless to say that the reliability of software that
is looking after your data is of an utmost importance.

Rigorously engineered

Bvckup 2 is written in a way and to the standards
typically employed in the system software
development.

It puts strong emphasis on using simple clean code,
keeping the footprint small, playing well with other
apps and running as close to the hardware as possible.

Compared to conventional desktop app development,
this is a substantially more involved approach, but
it only makes sense for an essential always-on system
utility.

Rigorously tested

In addition to extensive in-house testing, the app has gone
through an extended beta period that spanned 12 months
and over 10,000 installations covering a wide range of
backup configurations and storage devices.

Production ready

The app has been in routine production use with many of
our clients, handling everything from small jobs to multi-million
item backups with terabytes of data.